Hacker News: manderley

New comment by manderley in "An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell"

manderley — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:58:16 +0000

Ubuntu extends the Gnome desktop in ways that make it a more "traditional" desktop environment.

New comment by manderley in "An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell"

manderley — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:56:25 +0000

Ubuntu, probably the most popular distro, has this type of extension as a default.

New comment by manderley in "Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices"

manderley — Mon, 06 May 2024 01:36:22 +0000

Clearly, law based on US definitions of terms is the only way to be free.

New comment by manderley in "Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says"

manderley — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:47:43 +0000

Of course they were recycled, there are valuable minerals in these devices.

New comment by manderley in "The Vision Pro is a flop"

manderley — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:59:31 +0000

So why not get something cheaper and more compact, like the Lenovo glasses?

New comment by manderley in "The Vision Pro is a flop"

manderley — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:42:23 +0000

The issue with Vision Pro is that it's a fundamentally unappealing product and wouldn't sell in enough volume for Apple at any price.

New comment by manderley in "Does offering ChatGPT a tip cause it to generate better text?"

manderley — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 03:18:59 +0000

Why? That's not usually part of a forum conversation.

New comment by manderley in "Vice website is shutting down"

manderley — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 03:24:51 +0000

And they'll keep updating contracts to sell ads for a defunct site? Seems doubtful. Past experience shows that the site is unlikely to stay up for the long haul.

New comment by manderley in "Vice website is shutting down"

manderley — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 03:21:32 +0000

Those ad dollars will diminish quickly, and pretty soon it will be more expensive to keep the website up than to just take it down.

New comment by manderley in "Rotten Apple"

manderley — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:35:35 +0000

Not going to happen.

New comment by manderley in "When the Mac Was a Munition"

manderley — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:10:42 +0000

More often, there are no drive bays, because no one has those anymore.

New comment by manderley in "When the Mac Was a Munition"

manderley — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:10:01 +0000

That thing never was "a beast"

New comment by manderley in "Al Gore Leaves Board. Tim Cook's Pay Dropped 36% After Shareholder Pressure"

manderley — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:43:29 +0000

You were already told why, seems you're not actually curious but want to make a weird point instead.

New comment by manderley in "iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail"

manderley — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:37:00 +0000

They're very obviously not nonsense, look at all the shattered screens on phones around out.

And there's absolutely 0 chance your screen doesn't have a ton of microscratches.

New comment by manderley in "Browsers are the most likely disruptor of the mobile duopoly"

manderley — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 17:35:22 +0000

Apple isn't just "a retailer", and regulators seem to agree. Also, Google provides seven years of updates for their current Pixel devices.

New comment by manderley in "Browsers are the most likely disruptor of the mobile duopoly"

manderley — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 17:32:29 +0000

Why would the Chrome engine being dominant be all that problematic? And as a user, I'd like to make that choice for myself.

Also, Safari wouldn't vanish just because you'd be able to use a different browser engine. I strongly disagree with your "scary" (not scary) scenario: Only a small percentage of users is ever going to change defaults.

New comment by manderley in "US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect"

manderley — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 21:31:59 +0000

But that wouldn't vanish the patent issue?

New comment by manderley in "NRF retracts its assertion that organized retail crime led to 50% of losses"

manderley — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 01:07:06 +0000

Seems unlikely shops are locking up items to inconvenience people of a specific skin type.

New comment by manderley in "NRF retracts its assertion that organized retail crime led to 50% of losses"

manderley — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 01:05:58 +0000

Seems there's no material increase in organized shoplifting, but that doesn't change the claims about regular shoplifting? Seems like you're not actually disputing anything.

New comment by manderley in "Microsoft forced people to install their browser (2010)"

manderley — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:50:24 +0000

Why is it a better OS because of that? Not really seeing the logical connection here.